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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Issue No. 11

Fourteenth meeting on:

The present state and the future of agriculture and forestry in Canada

INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget authorization 2005-2006 to hear from time to time witnesses on the present and the future of agriculture and forestry in Canada)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Fifth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (48K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Andrew Mitchell, P.C. M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

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WITNESSES:

Agriculture and Agri-food Canada:

Leonard Edwards, Deputy Minister.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:

Richard B. Fadden, President.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Leonard J. Gustafson, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Callbeck, Gill, Kelleher, P.C., *Kinsella (or Stratton), Mercer, Mitchell, Oliver, Tkachuk

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (April 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mitchell substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hubley (April 19, 2005).

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